Mr Kutlu Tekin FUAD (Deceased)
Mr Kutlu Tekin FUAD (Deceased)

Former Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal (1997-2009)

Mr Justice Fuad became a Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal in 1997.

Mr Justice Fuad was born in Cyprus in 1926. He graduated from St. John's College, Cambridge. He was called to the English Bar at the Inner Temple in 1952 and became an Honorary Bencher there in 1993.

Mr Justice Fuad was a Lieutenant in the King's Royal Rifle Corps from 1944 to 1948 and served in the United Kingdom, North Africa and Palestine. He was a Magistrate in Cyprus from 1953 to 1956 and a Judge of the High Court of Uganda from 1963 to 1972. From 1972 to 1980, he served as Director of the Legal Division of the Commonwealth Secretariat. He joined the Hong Kong Judiciary in 1980 as a Judge of the High Court. In 1982, he was appointed a Justice of Appeal. He served as a Vice President of the Court of Appeal from 1988 until 1993 when he was appointed President of the Brunei Court of Appeal.

Mr Justice Fuad was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1993. He was awarded the title of Dato Paduka by the Sultan of Brunei in 1999. He died in 2013.

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